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Re: Ask HN: What's your morning routine?

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Post by sjs382 »

sjs382 wrote: post #60

Wake up. Hit the alarm a few times. Girlfriend says, tiredly "5 more minutes?" and I usually oblige. Check (android) phone for messages that came in overnight, usually getting distracted by Gmail + Facebook notification emails in the process. Coffee + RSS while she showers. "Begin the triple-S and wash the previous evening off me".

That last bit is from a song I love, for the record: Atmosphere - Like Today

  Woke up, got up, near eleven o'clock
  butt naked except I was wearing my socks
  and that's cool, 'cause most the time this floor is cold
  stand up and stretch look around this mess
  my place has been a cage since she left me
  make my way to the kitchen, start the coffee
  then dip to the bathroom, begin the triple-s
  and wash the previous evening off me
  now out the shower, get dry, shove a q-tip in my ear
  well, what do we have here?
  it appears as if a piece of me has got motivation
  ain't nothin' wrong with a little morning masturbation
  fresh, dressed like fifty cents
  clean and awake now I'm ready to commence
  spark up the caffeine and nicotine binge
  and that's pretty much the pattern of how the day begins
Wonder how different it would be had it been recorded 5 years later... Sure the internet was around in 2001, but aside from geeks, I don't think it was part of everyone's daily routine yet.

Re: Ask HN: What's your morning routine?

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Post by Groxx »

Daramarak wrote: post #45
Groxx wrote: post #24

Wake up. Snooze. Snooze. Snuggle w/ wife. Snooze. Snooze. ... Realize what time it is. Snooze. Wake up again, realizing what time it is. Race to class / internets / bathroom. I live an exciting life.

Whoever invented the snooze button should have to account for all the agony that button has caused. Think of the number of heart attacks.

See, I've always thought that, when the alarm is going off, every button should snooze. Then, a minute later, the off button actually works. That way you can whack the thing to shut it up, and not worry about turning it off and falling back asleep (happens to me, especially when I'm tired. I turn it off instead of snoozing without even realizing it).

Re: Ask HN: What's your morning routine?

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Post by pook »

Groxx wrote: post #64
Daramarak wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whoever invented the snooze button should have to account for all the agony that button has caused. Think of the number of heart attacks.

See, I've always thought that, when the alarm is going off, every button should snooze. Then, a minute later, the off button actually works . That way you can whack the thing to shut it up, and not worry about turning it off and falling back asleep (happens to me, especially when I'm tired. I turn it off instead of snoozing without even realizing it).

I've always wondered at the UI of alarm clocks. It seems like they gave up after "let's make the snooze button big!"

Now what I'd really like is a programmable alarm clock, allowing me to encode an optimal awakening algorithm. "at volume x, play song y. If snooze button is not pressed yet, double volume and play The Safety Dance."

Re: Ask HN: What's your morning routine?

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Post by da5e »

I have a weird routine. Wake up at 5 am and turn on Windows machine. Roll out of bed onto the floor and do 1000 stomach crunches (counting with Pi) Get online and email girlfriend who is 7 hours ahead of me (Hawaii to Nova Scotia) While emailing I read a page of French and capture new words. Then practice 100 flashcards. Then practice my calendar savant skills with a little program I wrote. Memorize a deck of cards. Practice mental math and some conversions Go out in the back yard and eat a papaya or mango. Then I'm good to go.

Re: Ask HN: What's your morning routine?

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Post by Groxx »

pook wrote: post #66
Groxx wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

See, I've always thought that, when the alarm is going off, every button should snooze. Then, a minute later, the off button actually works . That way you can whack the thing to shut it up, and not worry about turning it off and falling back asleep (happens to me, especially when I'm tired. I turn it off instead of snoozing without even realizing it).

I've always wondered at the UI of alarm clocks. It seems like they gave up after "let's make the snooze button big!" Now what I'd really like is a programmable alarm clock, allowing me to encode an optimal awakening algorithm. "at volume x, play song y. If snooze button is not pressed yet, double volume and play The Safety Dance."

"The Safety Dance" == lmao

About the only thing I've seen that could do that is a Chumby. I've never used one myself, but I believe it's effectively "fully" programmable: http://www.chumby.com/

Re: Ask HN: What's your morning routine?

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Post by qw »

- 06:05: Alarm goes off, hit snooze

- 06:10: Decide that you can sleep a bit longer and set the alarm to 06:30

- 06:30: Turn on PC and think "I'll spend 10 minutes reading news while I wake up properly"

- 07:00: Find out that I have spent too long and run to the shower

- 07:20: Get out of shower. Think "Tomorrow I will not think so much about programming in the shower and save time"

- 07:25: Breakfast is made and I watch news/weather on the TV while eating.

- 07:40: Prepare my clothes for ironing

- 07:42: Brush teeth / shave while waiting for iron to heat

- 07:55: Bus leaves

- 08:30: Arrive at work, thinking about how much time I have wasted this morning

Re: Ask HN: What's your morning routine?

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Post by Rust »

carbocation wrote: post #5
Rust wrote: post #3

Small heart attack caused by alarm; death of alarm clock (they're cheap, I have several); iPod alarm 15 minutes later is too expensive to kill so I get up; brush teeth; kiss wife goodbye (VERY important to do this, and only AFTER the tooth brushing); fill canteen with water; leave the house; experience severe finger cramp during morning rush hour; buy bottle of ambrosia (Coke) at gas station near the office; find par…

Each morning, your wife puts up with your two alarms (perhaps more, depending on what you do to the cheap alarm clocks)?

Yep - I don't get to deep sleep until after about 6 hours. So during the night I'm a light sleeper, but those last 2 hours I might as well be dead for all I'm aware of my surroundings. If I only have one alarm, I will sleep right through it. I might wake up when it shuts itself off 90 minutes later, but there's no guarantee.
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